“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic, and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” Graham Greene
Jacques Derrida, father of deconstructionism, deconstructs Americans in 3 minutes. OUCH Is this real deconstruction? Is there a particular type of humor that all AP students enjoy? Well, there is certainly a brand that causes an AP teacher to cry because she is laughing so hard. Enjoy:
AFFECTIVE FALLACY
Avoid reading with emotions. Ignore any feelings you feel during reading—that’s not the point of literature.
BYRONIC HERO
Super-cool cool guy.
CANON
All the literature that’s fit to print. Declare it dead or meaningless or obsolete every few years. Revise as necessary.
DIARY
The private thoughts of an author, never intended for publication. Publish and disseminate widely after death.
ENLIGHTENMENT
A brief, optimistic mistake.
FRANKENSTEIN
Always point out that Frankenstein is the doctor’s name, not the monster’s. Argue that Percy Shelley’s edits were intrusive.
GOTHIC NOVEL
Wears black; smokes cloves.
HAIKU
A form of poetry grade school children are forced to write. Count the syllables.
INKHORN TERM
Linguistic aureation proliferated to adnichilate reader apperception.
JOUISSANCE
A nebulous, sticky French pun.
KITSCH
The sad process by which the consumerist trash capitalism necessitates colonizes an aesthetic perspective via defensive irony.
LIMERICK
The acme of excellence in poetry. Nantucket is a popular setting.
MEMOIR
A genre of literature often mistaken for truth by its audience.
NOVELLA
A novelist’s chance at perfection.
ORWELLIAN
A useful adjective. Misuse freely—especially if you only dimly recall the two or three things you ever read by George Orwell.
PHALLOGOCENTRISM
In the beginning there was the Word, and the Word was Phallus.
QUARTO
Bring up in any discussion of Shakespeare; watch the students’ eyes glaze over.
ROMAN A CLEF
A genre of literature often mistaken for fiction by its audience.
SOCRATIC IRONY
The tedious, drawn out process of questioning that Plato submits his characters to in order to get to his thesis.
THEME
A misunderstanding of the text in which all its words are distilled into a single cliché, guaranteeing that the text will not have to be reread.
UNCANNY
Pair with valley or X-Men.
VARIORUM
An annotated edition of a text with scholarly commentary intended to ruin any possible enjoyment on the reader’s part.
WELTANSCHAUUNG
A German word that students should use in term papers instead of “viewpoint” or “perspective.”
XANADU
Poorly received 1980 musical film about roller skating. Also the setting of a Coleridge poem.
YA
Abbreviation for “Young Adult,” a genre of books that people of all ages read and which serve as the basis for Hollywood film franchises.
ZARATHUSTRA Dude who spake.
great critical site
I swear I did not pick the soundtrack
2013-2014 AP LIT RESOURCESWhat you need in your review folder Orwell Essay: The Lion and the Unicorn
GREAT RESOURCE FOR SHORT STORIES
HOW TO CHOOSE A CAREER
Q3 POETRY UNIT RESOURCES
Terminology
always use the Poetry Foundation pages
article: AMERICAN POETRY REVIEWAP LIT RESOURCES PAGE
LOGOS< ETHOS< PATHOS projects
Orwell Essay: The Lion and the Unicorn
LINK TO CLASSIC AUTHORS' UNABRIDGED TEXTS ON PROJECT GUTENBERG
Reading List for having an Intelligent Conversation: Joseph Brodsky
BEST VOCAB GAME EVER
WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE...
Great Poetry Study Blog
rite of initiationBildungsromanFolklore/regional
Epic--quest/journey
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic, and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” Graham Greene
CLOSE READING: an AP student's best friend
"Reading in slow motion"
(Rueben Brower)
Lit terms Asyndeton and polysyndeton:https://benchprep.com/blog/the-ap-english-exam-asyndeton-and-polysyndeton/
RIP READING CHALLENGE for OCTOBER 2013
Jacques Derrida, father of deconstructionism, deconstructs Americans in 3 minutes. OUCH
Is this real deconstruction?
Is there a particular type of humor that all AP students enjoy? Well, there is certainly a brand that causes an AP teacher to cry because she is laughing so hard. Enjoy:
Biblioklept’s Dictionary of Literary Terms
AFFECTIVE FALLACY
Avoid reading with emotions. Ignore any feelings you feel during reading—that’s not the point of literature.
BYRONIC HERO
Super-cool cool guy.
CANON
All the literature that’s fit to print. Declare it dead or meaningless or obsolete every few years. Revise as necessary.
DIARY
The private thoughts of an author, never intended for publication. Publish and disseminate widely after death.
ENLIGHTENMENT
A brief, optimistic mistake.
FRANKENSTEIN
Always point out that Frankenstein is the doctor’s name, not the monster’s. Argue that Percy Shelley’s edits were intrusive.
GOTHIC NOVEL
Wears black; smokes cloves.
HAIKU
A form of poetry grade school children are forced to write. Count the syllables.
INKHORN TERM
Linguistic aureation proliferated to adnichilate reader apperception.
JOUISSANCE
A nebulous, sticky French pun.
KITSCH
The sad process by which the consumerist trash capitalism necessitates colonizes an aesthetic perspective via defensive irony.
LIMERICK
The acme of excellence in poetry. Nantucket is a popular setting.
MEMOIR
A genre of literature often mistaken for truth by its audience.
NOVELLA
A novelist’s chance at perfection.
ORWELLIAN
A useful adjective. Misuse freely—especially if you only dimly recall the two or three things you ever read by George Orwell.
PHALLOGOCENTRISM
In the beginning there was the Word, and the Word was Phallus.
QUARTO
Bring up in any discussion of Shakespeare; watch the students’ eyes glaze over.
ROMAN A CLEF
A genre of literature often mistaken for fiction by its audience.
SOCRATIC IRONY
The tedious, drawn out process of questioning that Plato submits his characters to in order to get to his thesis.
THEME
A misunderstanding of the text in which all its words are distilled into a single cliché, guaranteeing that the text will not have to be reread.
UNCANNY
Pair with valley or X-Men.
VARIORUM
An annotated edition of a text with scholarly commentary intended to ruin any possible enjoyment on the reader’s part.
WELTANSCHAUUNG
A German word that students should use in term papers instead of “viewpoint” or “perspective.”
XANADU
Poorly received 1980 musical film about roller skating. Also the setting of a Coleridge poem.
YA
Abbreviation for “Young Adult,” a genre of books that people of all ages read and which serve as the basis for Hollywood film franchises.
ZARATHUSTRA
Dude who spake.
start the year for AP withhttp://www.slate.com/id/2301312/?fb_ref=fb_like_button&fb_source=home_oneline
AP RESOURCES
the Browser
open culture
goodreads.com or shelfari
brainpickings
kottke.org
news
British Library ipad app
McSweeneys internet tendencies
shelf awareness
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero
http://www.googleartproject.com/
moreintelligent life
The Economist
The Atlantic
Lapham's Quarterly
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/08/14/obama-s-book-club.html
http://themoth.org/
http://www.grantland.com/
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2010/12/breakdancing_universe/
author reviews of classics they hated:
http://www.slate.com/id/2301312/?fb_ref=fb_like_button&fb_source=home_oneline
As we view the credits, notice the SCREENWRITER for this film!
TALE OF TWO CITIES
Wit and the Tradition of Humor